Illinois FY2021 Budget Relies on Federal Loans and Backlog Borrowing
When Illinois lawmakers met in Springfield to pass a budget for the upcoming fiscal year, the main issue they confronted was the tax…
This blog post is an update to the Civic Federation’s April 9, 2020 blog post: How COVID-19 is Impacting…
UPDATE: On May 5, Illinois…
A Commission of the Illinois Supreme Court tasked with making recommendations for comprehensive pretrial reform in Illinois released its final report earlier this month.…
The $2.2 trillion economic relief legislation passed by Congress in late March contains significant new funding for States and large local governments. Exactly how…
Like most states that levy income taxes, Illinois has followed the federal government in…
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States are currently facing monumental fiscal challenges posed by the economic and revenue impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. However, their ability to use fiscal policies to address these challenges is quite limited due to structural…
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